{"title":"Labour economics","description":"Books on the subject of Labour economics","products":[{"product_id":"monopsony-capitalism-power-and-production-in-the-twilight-of-the-sweatshop-age-paperback-9781108731973","title":"Monopsony Capitalism; Power and Production in the Twilight of the Sweatshop Age (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108731973","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMonopsony Capitalism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePower and Production in the Twilight of the Sweatshop Age\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExplores the combination of capital's changing composition and labour's subjective agency.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAshok Kumar (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108731973, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 October 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e290 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.2 x 15 x 1.7 cm, 0.36 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Monopsony Capitalism is ambitious, engaging, and provocative, revealing much about the dynamics of conflict and regulation, mainly in the global garment industry ... [a] stimulating contribution that deserves serious attention by all advanced students and scholars interested in eliminating sweatshops.' Stephen J. Frenkel, ILR Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book explores the combination of capital's changing composition and labour's subjective agency to examine whether the waning days of the 'sweatshop' have indeed begun. Focused on the garment and footwear sectors, it introduces a universal logic that governs competition and reshapes the chain. By analysing workers' collective action at various sites of production, it observes how this internal logic plays out for labour who are testing the limits of the social order, stretching it until the seams show. By examining the most valorised parts of underdeveloped sectors, one can see where capital is going and how it is getting there. These findings contribute to ongoing efforts to establish workers' rights in sectors plagued by poverty and powerlessness, building fires and collapses. With this change and a capable labour movement, there's hope yet that workers may close the gap.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. The return of the sweatshop\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Past: 1. The bottleneck\u003cbr\u003e 2. The global sweatshop\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Present: 3. China: a strike at a giant footwear producer\u003cbr\u003e 4. India: a warehouse workers struggle at a 'full package' supplier\u003cbr\u003e 5. Honduras: A transnational campaign at a cotton commodity producer\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Future: 6. Cartels of capital\u003cbr\u003e 7. Labour's power in the chain\u003cbr\u003e 8. Conclusion. The end of the sweatshop? 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Powell's splendid new book gives us another perspective: how workers view sweatshops as an opportunity for improving their economic condition. Indeed, countless Americans, Japanese, and others enjoy their high standard of today living because their grandmothers and grandfathers worked in sweatshops a century ago.' Douglas Irwin, Dartmouth College, and author of Free Trade Under Fire\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book provides a comprehensive defense of third-world sweatshops. It explains how these sweatshops provide the best available opportunity to workers and how they play an important role in the process of development that eventually leads to better wages and working conditions. Using economic theory, the author argues that much of what the anti-sweatshop movement has agitated for would actually harm the very workers they intend to help by creating less desirable alternatives and undermining the process of development. Nowhere does this book put 'profits' or 'economic efficiency' above people. Improving the welfare of poorer citizens of third world countries is the goal, and the book explores which methods best achieve that goal. Out of Poverty will help readers understand how activists and policy makers can help third world workers.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. The anti-sweatshop movement\u003cbr\u003e 3. The economics of sweatshop wage determination\u003cbr\u003e 4. Don't cry for me Kathie Lee: how sweatshop wages compare to alternatives\u003cbr\u003e 5. Health, safety, and working conditions laws\u003cbr\u003e 6. Save the children?\u003cbr\u003e 7. Is it ethical to buy sweatshop products?\u003cbr\u003e 8. A history of sweatshops, 1780–2010\u003cbr\u003e 9. The process of economic development\u003cbr\u003e 10. What good can activists do?\u003cbr\u003e 11. 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This volume amply showcases both the breadth and depth of these efforts, manifest in an array of countries and sectors.'  Michael Woolcock, World Bank and Harvard University, Massachusetts\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFor over three decades, the capability approach proposed and developed by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum has had a distinct impact on development theories and approaches because it goes beyond an economic conception of development and engages with the normative aspects of development. This book explores the new frontiers of the capability approach and its links to human development in three main areas. First, it delves into the philosophical foundations of the approach, re-examining its links to concepts of common good, collective agency and epistemic diversity. Secondly, it addresses its 'operational frontier', aiming to give inclusive explanations of some of the most advanced methods available for capability researchers. Thirdly, it offers a wide range of the applications of this approach, as carried out by a mix of renowned capability scholars and researchers from different disciplines. This broad interdisciplinary range includes the areas of human and sustainable development, inequalities, labour markets, education, special needs, cities, urban planning, housing, social capital and happiness studies, among others.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Flavio Comim, Shailaja Fennell and P. B. Anand\u003cbr\u003e 1. Key-note chapter: on Sen on the capability of capabilities: the story of a not-for-profit enterprise J. G. Meeks\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Need for New Foundations: 2. Capabilities and the common good Jonathan Warner\u003cbr\u003e 3. Measuring the meta-capability of agency: theoretical basis for creating a responsibility indicator Mathias Nebel and Maria-Teresa Herrera-Nebel\u003cbr\u003e 4. Equal liberty, reflective equilibrium and education: defending Rawls from Sen's criticisms Caroline Souza and Gabriel Goldmeier\u003cbr\u003e 5. On epistemic diversity, ontologies and assumptions in capability approaches Josh Platzky Miller\u003cbr\u003e 6. Collective agency capability: how capabilities can emerge in a social moment Razia Shariff\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Operationalisation Frontier: 7. Sen's capability approach, social choice theory and the use of rankings Flavio Comim\u003cbr\u003e 8. Selecting capabilities for development: an evaluation of proposed methods Morten Byskov\u003cbr\u003e 9. From resources to functioning: rethinking and measuring conversion rates Enrica Chiappero, Paola Salardi and Francesco Scervini\u003cbr\u003e 10. Demystifying the use of simultaneous equation models for operationalising the capability approach Jaya Krishnakumar and Ricardo Nogales\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Application Frontier: 11. Human development in India – comparing Sen and his competitors Des Gasper\u003cbr\u003e 12. Sustainable human development measurement issues: a new proposal Mario Biggeri and Vicenzo Mauro\u003cbr\u003e 13. Inequality and capabilities: a multidimensional empirical exploration in Chile Macarena Orchard and Martina Yopo\u003cbr\u003e 14. Living wages in international supply chains and the capability approach: towards a conceptual framework Stephanie Schrage and Kristin Huber\u003cbr\u003e 15. For a happy human development Tadashi Hirai\u003cbr\u003e 16. Capability of capabilities and aspirations of the middle classes in India Meera Tiwari\u003cbr\u003e 17. The value individual and community social resources Paul Anand\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Housing and Urban Frontier: 18. Tracking the transition from 'basic needs' to 'capabilities' for human-centred development: the role of housing in urban inclusion Shailaja Fennell, Jaime Royo-Olid and Matthew Barac\u003cbr\u003e 19. Building regulations through the capability lens: for safer and inclusive built environment? Prachi Acharya\u003cbr\u003e 20. Cities and the capability approach P. B. Anand\u003cbr\u003e Part V. The Education Frontier: 21. Formal education, well-being and aspirations\u003cbr\u003e a capability based analysis on high school pupils from France Robin Vos and Jérôme Ballet\u003cbr\u003e 22. Other people's adaptations: teaching children with special educational needs to adapt and to aspire Cristina Devecchi and Michael Watts\u003cbr\u003e 23. Expanding children's capabilities at the writers' workshop Helena Kiff\u003cbr\u003e Education and 'the capability approach Caroline Hart.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Welfare economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Welfare economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Welfare%20economics%20%5BKCR%5D%22\"\u003eKCR\u003c\/a\u003e], Health economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Health economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Health%20economics%20%5BKCQ%5D%22\"\u003eKCQ\u003c\/a\u003e], Development economics \u0026amp; emerging economies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Development economics \u0026amp; emerging economies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Development%20economics%20\u0026amp;%20emerging%20economies%20%5BKCM%5D%22\"\u003eKCM\u003c\/a\u003e], Labour economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Labour economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Labour%20economics%20%5BKCF%5D%22\"\u003eKCF\u003c\/a\u003e], Economic theory \u0026amp; philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic theory \u0026amp; philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20theory%20\u0026amp;%20philosophy%20%5BKCA%5D%22\"\u003eKCA\u003c\/a\u003e], Economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economics%20%5BKC%5D%22\"\u003eKC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004354154776,"sku":"9781108427807","price":106.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108427807i_9c72863b-a2b7-4bf5-90f8-a97f8a67735a.jpg?v=1696699777"},{"product_id":"global-value-chains-and-development-redefining-the-contours-of-21st-century-capitalism-hardback-9781108471947","title":"Global Value Chains and Development; Redefining the Contours of 21st Century Capitalism (Hardback) 9781108471947","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGlobal Value Chains and Development\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRedefining the Contours of 21st Century Capitalism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStudies conceptual foundations of GVC analysis, twin pillars of 'governance' and 'upgrading', and detailed cases of emerging economies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGary Gereffi (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108471947, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 January 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e494 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.7 x 3.9 cm, 0.74 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Overall, Global Value Chains and Development is an attractive read by the world's leading thinker on GVCs. It will particularly appeal to scholars and development practitioners who are both interested in a historical perspective of the GVC framework and in the new development policy views that it has to offer.' Ari Van Assche, Journal of Economic Geography\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eGlobalization has transformed how nations, firms and workers compete in the international economy over the past half century. This book by Gary Gereffi, one of the founders of the global value chains (GVC) framework, traces the emergence of arguably the most influential approach used to analyze globalization and its impacts. It studies the conceptual foundations of GVC analysis, the twin pillars of 'governance' and 'upgrading', along with detailed case studies of China, Mexico and other emerging economies as main beneficiaries of export-oriented industrialization, and addresses potential solutions to the deleterious impact of globalization on workers and communities.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword Pascal Lamy\u003cbr\u003e 1. The emergence of global value chains: ideas, institutions and research communities\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Foundations of the Global Value Chain Framework: 2. The organization of buyer-driven global commodity chains: how US retailers shape overseas production networks\u003cbr\u003e 3. International trade and industrial upgrading in the apparel commodity chain\u003cbr\u003e 4. The governance of global value chains with John Humphrey and Timothy J. Sturgeon\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Expanding the Governance and Upgrading Dimensions in GVCs: 5. The global economy: organization, governance, and development\u003cbr\u003e 6. Local clusters in global chains: the causes and consequences of export dynamism in Torreon's blue jeans industry with Jennifer Bair\u003cbr\u003e 7. Development models and industrial upgrading in China and Mexico\u003cbr\u003e 8. Economic and social upgrading in global production networks: a new paradigm for a changing world with Stephanie Barrientos and Arianna Rossi\u003cbr\u003e 9. Regulation and economic globalization: prospects and limits of private governance with Frederick Mayer\u003cbr\u003e 10. Economic and social upgrading in global value chains: why governance matters with Joonkoo Lee\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Policy Issues and Challenges: 11. Global value chain analysis: a primer (second edition) with Karina Fernandez-Stark\u003cbr\u003e 12. Global value chains, development and emerging economies\u003cbr\u003e 13. Risks and opportunities of participation in global value chains with Xubei Luo\u003cbr\u003e 14. Global value chains in a post-Washington consensus world\u003cbr\u003e 15. Protectionism and global value chains\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Industry \u0026amp; industrial studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Industry \u0026amp; industrial studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Industry%20\u0026amp;%20industrial%20studies%20%5BKN%5D%22\"\u003eKN\u003c\/a\u003e], International economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20economics%20%5BKCL%5D%22\"\u003eKCL\u003c\/a\u003e], Labour economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Labour economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Labour%20economics%20%5BKCF%5D%22\"\u003eKCF\u003c\/a\u003e], Microeconomics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Microeconomics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Microeconomics%20%5BKCC%5D%22\"\u003eKCC\u003c\/a\u003e], Economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economics%20%5BKC%5D%22\"\u003eKC\u003c\/a\u003e], Development studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Development studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Development%20studies%20%5BGTF%5D%22\"\u003eGTF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004868350232,"sku":"9781108471947","price":73.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108471947i_7573003e-723c-4324-8185-0d972c813b46.jpg?v=1696702497"},{"product_id":"making-cars-in-the-new-india-industry-precarity-and-informality-paperback-9781108433792","title":"Making Cars in the New India; Industry, Precarity and Informality (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108433792","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMaking Cars in the New India\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIndustry, Precarity and Informality\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStudies labour relations in the Indian auto industry by drawing upon a range of critical social and economic theories.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTom Barnes (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108433792, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 May 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e278 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.7 x 15.3 x 1.7 cm, 0.36 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Barnes' book is a very useful addition to the literature on global production networks in India. More importantly, it joins a new, vibrant and timely literature concerned with the ways in which the process of labour informalisation manifests regionally across the subcontinent, systematically expanding workers' precarity and vulnerability across a rising number of industrial sectors.' Alessandra Mezzadri, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAuto manufacturing holds the promise of employing many young Indians in relatively well-paid, high-skill employment, but this promise is threatened by the industry's role as a site of immense conflict in recent years. This book asks: how do we explain this conflict? What are the implications of conflict for the ambitious economic development agendas of Indian governments? Based upon extensive field research in India's National Capital Region, this book is the first to focus on labour relations in the Indian auto industry. It proposes the theory that conflict in the auto industry has been driven by twin forces: first, the intersection of global networks of auto manufacturing with regional social structures which have always relied on informal and precariously-employed workers; and, second, the systematic displacement of securely-employed 'regular workers' by waves of precariously-employed 'de facto informal workers'.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTables, figures and maps\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 1. The limits of industrialisation\u003cbr\u003e 2. The auto industry in India today\u003cbr\u003e 3. Auto manufacturing and the evolution of industrial policy\u003cbr\u003e 4. The transformation of labour relations\u003cbr\u003e 5. Auto workers in India's national capital region\u003cbr\u003e 6. Work and life at the bottom of the auto supply chain\u003cbr\u003e 7. 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Powell's splendid new book gives us another perspective: how workers view sweatshops as an opportunity for improving their economic condition. Indeed, countless Americans, Japanese, and others enjoy their high standard of today living because their grandmothers and grandfathers worked in sweatshops a century ago.' Douglas Irwin, Dartmouth College, and author of Free Trade Under Fire\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book provides a comprehensive defense of third-world sweatshops. It explains how these sweatshops provide the best available opportunity to workers and how they play an important role in the process of development that eventually leads to better wages and working conditions. Using economic theory, the author argues that much of what the anti-sweatshop movement has agitated for would actually harm the very workers they intend to help by creating less desirable alternatives and undermining the process of development. Nowhere does this book put 'profits' or 'economic efficiency' above people. Improving the welfare of poorer citizens of third world countries is the goal, and the book explores which methods best achieve that goal. Out of Poverty will help readers understand how activists and policy makers can help third world workers.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. The anti-sweatshop movement\u003cbr\u003e 3. The economics of sweatshop wage determination\u003cbr\u003e 4. Don't cry for me Kathie Lee: how sweatshop wages compare to alternatives\u003cbr\u003e 5. Health, safety, and working conditions laws\u003cbr\u003e 6. Save the children?\u003cbr\u003e 7. Is it ethical to buy sweatshop products?\u003cbr\u003e 8. A history of sweatshops, 1780–2010\u003cbr\u003e 9. The process of economic development\u003cbr\u003e 10. What good can activists do?\u003cbr\u003e 11. 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It offers a range of detailed case studies to inform our understanding of the changing organisation of global production, the prospects for catching-up of late industrialisers and a solid empirical account of the experiences of industrial upgrading in several Asian economies.' Yvette To, Journal of Contemporary Asia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCan firms and economies utilize global value chains for development? How can they move from low-income to middle-income and even high-income status? This book addresses these questions through a series of case studies examining upgradation and innovation by firms operating in GVCs in Asia. The countries examined are China, India, South Korea, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka, with studies of firms operating in varied sectors - aerospace components, apparel, automotive, consumer electronics including mobile phones, telecom equipment, IT software and services, and pharmaceuticals.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of tables and figures\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction Dev Nathan, Meenu Tewari and Sandip Sarkar\u003cbr\u003e 2. The changing landscape of contract manufacturers in the electronics industry global value chain Gale Raj-Reichert\u003cbr\u003e 3. Gaining process rents in the apparel industry: incremental improvements in labour and other management practices Dev Nathan and Harsh\u003cbr\u003e 4. New economic geographies of manufacturing in China Shengjun Zhu\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Philippines: a sequential approach to upgrading in manufacturing global value chains Penny Bamber, Jack Daly, Stacey Frederick and Gary Gereffi\u003cbr\u003e 6. Learning sequences in lower tiers of India's automotive value chain Meenu Tewari\u003cbr\u003e 7. Innovation and learning of latecomers: a case study of Chinese telecom-equipment companies Peilei Fan\u003cbr\u003e 8. From the phased manufacturing programme to frugal engineering: some initial propositions Nasir Tyabji\u003cbr\u003e 9. Industrial upgrading in the apparel value chain: the Sri Lanka experience Prema-chandra Athukorala\u003cbr\u003e 10. Strategic change in Indian IT majors: a challenge Neetu Ahmed\u003cbr\u003e 11. Moving from OEM to OBM? Upgrading of the Chinese mobile phone industry Huasheng Zhu, Fan Xu and Qingcan He\u003cbr\u003e 12. Indian pharmaceutical industry: policy and institutional challenges of moving from manufacturing generics to drug discovery Dinesh Abrol and Nidhi Singh\u003cbr\u003e 13. Revisiting the miracle: South Korea's industrial upgrading from a global value chain perspective Joonkoo Lee, Sang-Hoon Lee and Gwanho Park\u003cbr\u003e 14. Evolutionary demand, innovation, and development Smita Srinivas\u003cbr\u003e 15. GVCs and development policy: vertically- specialized industrialization Dev Nathan.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Service industries [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Service industries\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Service%20industries%20%5BKNS%5D%22\"\u003eKNS\u003c\/a\u003e], Industry \u0026amp; industrial studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Industry \u0026amp; industrial studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Industry%20\u0026amp;%20industrial%20studies%20%5BKN%5D%22\"\u003eKN\u003c\/a\u003e], Operational research [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Operational research\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Operational%20research%20%5BKJT%5D%22\"\u003eKJT\u003c\/a\u003e], Business \u0026amp; management [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business \u0026amp; management\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20\u0026amp;%20management%20%5BKJ%5D%22\"\u003eKJ\u003c\/a\u003e], Economic growth [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic growth\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20growth%20%5BKCG%5D%22\"\u003eKCG\u003c\/a\u003e], Labour economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Labour economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Labour%20economics%20%5BKCF%5D%22\"\u003eKCF\u003c\/a\u003e], Economics of industrial organisation [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economics of industrial organisation\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economics%20of%20industrial%20organisation%20%5BKCD%5D%22\"\u003eKCD\u003c\/a\u003e], Macroeconomics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Macroeconomics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Macroeconomics%20%5BKCB%5D%22\"\u003eKCB\u003c\/a\u003e], Economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economics%20%5BKC%5D%22\"\u003eKC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265606701336,"sku":"9781107104631","price":97.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107104631i.jpg?v=1696793236"},{"product_id":"industrialisation-for-employment-and-growth-in-india-lessons-from-small-firm-clusters-and-beyond-hardback-9781108832335","title":"Industrialisation for Employment and Growth in India; Lessons from Small Firm Clusters and Beyond (Hardback) 9781108832335","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIndustrialisation for Employment and Growth in India\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLessons from Small Firm Clusters and Beyond\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntensive study of small firms in industrial clusters and locations on how to create jobs and achieve Make in India goals.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eR. 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The government launched the Make in India initiative in 2015 aimed at raising the manufacturing sector's share in GDP to 25 percent, and to create an additional 100 million jobs by 2022. Though official estimates show an optimistic image of small scale industries, they do not explain why India failed to boost industrial production as expected of the reforms. Why did they fail to keep the domestic market, let alone expand exports? What would it take to meet the ambitious policy goals of the initiative? This book attempts to address these questions. It looks at a series of case studies of the small industry to obtain an in-depth understanding of specific industries and locations to draw meaningful conclusions.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction R Nagaraj\u003cbr\u003e 2. Garment Cluster in Kolkata: The Untold Story Expansion Relying on Low-End Domestic Demand Satyaki Roy\u003cbr\u003e 3. 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The subject matter of labor economics continues to have at its core an attempt to systematically find empirical analyses that are consistent with a systematic and parsimonious theoretical understanding of the diverse phenomenon that make up the labor market. As before, many of these analyses are provocative and controversial because they are so directly relevant to both public policy and private decision making. In many ways the modern development in the field of labor economics continues to set the standards for the best work in applied economics.This volume of the Handbook has a notable representation of authors - and topics of importance - from throughout the world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 6: Overview Issues.\u003c\/b\u003e 23. Empirical strategies in labor economics (J.D. Angrist, A.B. Krueger). 24. New developments in econometric methods for labor market analysis (R. Moffitt). 25. 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These volumes will be a valuable source of reference not only for experienced scholars but also for students at bachelors, masters, and doctoral level studies in economics, demography, sociology, political science, and law.\"\u003cb\u003e --Aycan Celikaksoy, Stockholm University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe economic literature on international migration interests policymakers as well as academics throughout the social sciences. These volumes, the first of a new subseries in the Handbooks in Economics, describe and analyze scholarship created since the inception of serious attention began in the late 1970s. 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These volumes will be a valuable source of reference not only for experienced scholars but also for students at bachelors, masters, and doctoral level studies in economics, demography, sociology, political science, and law.\" \u003cb\u003e--Aycan Celikaksoy, Stockholm University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe economic literature on international migration interests policymakers as well as academics throughout the social sciences. These volumes, the first of a new subseries in the Handbooks in Economics, describe and analyze scholarship created since the inception of serious attention began in the late 1970s. This literature appears in the general economics journals, in various field journals in economics (especially, but not exclusively, those covering labor market and human resource issues), in interdisciplinary immigration journals, and in papers by economists published in journals associated with history, sociology, political science, demography, and linguistics, among others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 1:  THE DETERMINANTS OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION\u003c\/b\u003e  1. Migration Theory.  \u003ci\u003eOrn Bodvarsson, Nicole B. Simpson, Chad Sparber  \u003c\/i\u003e2. Two Centuries of International Migration.  \u003ci\u003eJoseph Ferrie and Timothy J. Hatton \u003c\/i\u003eCameo 1:  World Migration in Historical Perspective: Four Big Issues. \u003ci\u003eJeffrey Williamson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 2: THE ADJUSTMENTS OF IMMIGRANTS\u003c\/b\u003e  3. The Adjustment of Immigrants in the Labor Market.  \u003ci\u003eHarriet Orcutt Duleep \u003c\/i\u003e4. The Human Capital (Schooling) of Immigrants in America. \u003ci\u003eJames P. Smith \u003c\/i\u003e5. International Migration and the Economics of Language.\u003ci\u003e Barry R. Chiswick and Paul W. Miller  \u003c\/i\u003e6. Immigrants and Immigrant Health.  \u003ci\u003eHeather Antecol and Kelly Bedard  \u003c\/i\u003e7. Immigrants and Demography:  Marriage, Divorce, and Fertility. \u003ci\u003eAlicia Adsera and Ana Ferrer  \u003c\/i\u003eCameo 2: Immigrants and Religion. \u003ci\u003eCarmel Chiswick \u003c\/i\u003e8. Immigrants’ Access to Financial Services \u0026amp; Asset Accumulation.  \u003ci\u003eNour Abdul-Razzak, Una Osili, Anna Paulson\u003c\/i\u003e  9. From Aliens to Citizens: The Political Incorporation of Immigrants. \u003ci\u003ePieter Bevelander and Mikael Spang  \u003c\/i\u003e10. Selective Outmigration and the Estimation of Immigrants’ Earnings Profiles. \u003ci\u003eChristian Dustmann, Joseph-Simon Görlach\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 3: TYPES OF IMMIGRANTS\u003c\/b\u003e 11. High-Skilled Immigration in a Globalized Labor Market. \u003ci\u003eJames Ted McDonald and Christopher Worswick \u003c\/i\u003e12. The Refugee\/Asylum Seeker. \u003ci\u003eAimee Chin and Kalena E. Cortes \u003c\/i\u003e13. Undocumented Immigration and Human Trafficking. \u003ci\u003ePia Orrenius and Madeline Zavodny \u003c\/i\u003e14. Guest or Temporary Foreign Worker Programs. \u003ci\u003ePhilip Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: International economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20economics%20%5BKCL%5D%22\"\u003eKCL\u003c\/a\u003e], Labour economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Labour economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Labour%20economics%20%5BKCF%5D%22\"\u003eKCF\u003c\/a\u003e], Economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economics%20%5BKC%5D%22\"\u003eKC\u003c\/a\u003e], Sociology: work \u0026amp; labour [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology: work \u0026amp; labour\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology:%20work%20\u0026amp;%20labour%20%5BJHBL%5D%22\"\u003eJHBL\u003c\/a\u003e], Population \u0026amp; demography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Population \u0026amp; demography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Population%20\u0026amp;%20demography%20%5BJHBD%5D%22\"\u003eJHBD\u003c\/a\u003e], Migration, immigration \u0026amp; emigration [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Migration, immigration \u0026amp; emigration\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Migration,%20immigration%20\u0026amp;%20emigration%20%5BJFFN%5D%22\"\u003eJFFN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"North Holland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46651498856728,"sku":"9780444537645","price":99.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780444537645_d28e7b7e-be9e-4332-973f-50cef815353c.jpg?v=1694987235"},{"product_id":"handbook-of-income-distribution-vol-2a-hardback-9780444594280","title":"Handbook of Income Distribution, Vol 2A (Hardback) 9780444594280","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHandbook of Income Distribution, Vol 2A\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwo authoritative volumes summarize advances in core knowledge about income inequality and mobility, evidence, policies, and techniques as well as new subjects and promising areas of interest\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnthony B. Atkinson (Edited by), Francois Bourguignon (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780444594280\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 December 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1288 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 19 x 5.7 cm, 2.16 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Thirteen papers explore advances made in the past fifteen years in understanding the extent, causes, and consequences of inequality.\" \u003cb\u003e--Journal of Economic Literature, Handbook of Income Distribution, Vol 2A\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The literature on income distribution has undergone transformative change in the decade and a half since the first Handbook appeared. These timely new volumes by recognized scholars provide a comprehensive review of our current state of understanding and the challenges that inequality poses.\" \u003cb\u003e--Robin Boadway, Queens University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Few issues are more topical, in both the academic and policy debates, than the distribution of income and wealth. This handbook takes the reader to the frontier of all aspects of these debates: its superb contributions, by the foremost experts in the field, cover historical developments, data issues, statistical methods, theoretical approaches, and policy implications. A must for academics and interested general readers alike.\" --Roberto Perotti, Università Bocconi \"The increase in inequality is a pressing problem. Too often it is addressed with uninformed, oversimplified ideological slogans. If you want to go beyond those and really learn about this complicated topic, this is the essential and most complete book to read. A gem.\"\u003cb\u003e --Alberto Alesina, Harvard University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In every academic discipline, fads come and fads go. But in economics the very core of our subject is the study of the distribution of income and well-being across the population. From this analysis stems all our best theories and our best empirical research. This Handbook distills that wisdom and presents the latest findings by those who happen to be giants in our discipline. Its chapters will provide the platform from which will emerge the most exciting and important research for decades to come.\"\u003cb\u003e --Danny Quah, London School of Economics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhat new theories, evidence, explanations, and policies have shaped our studies of income distribution in the 21st century?Editors Tony Atkinson and Francois Bourguignon assemble the expertise of leading authorities in this survey of substantive issues. In two volumes they address subjects that were not covered in Volume 1 (2000), such as education, health and experimental economics; and subjects that were covered but where there have been substantial new developments, such as the historical study of income inequality and globalization. Some chapters discuss future growth areas, such as inheritance, the links between inequality and macro-economics and finance, and the distributional implications of climate change. They also update empirical advances and major changes in the policy environment.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Concepts and approaches\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1. Income distribution in the history of economic thought\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgnar Sandmo\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e2. Inequality, income and well-being\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarc Fleurbaey, Erik Schokkaert and Koen Decancq\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e3. Multi-dimensional inequality and poverty\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrea Brandolini and Rolf Aaberge \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e4. Equality of opportunity\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn E. Roemer and Alain Trannoy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e5. Polarization\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJean-Yves Duclos\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e6. Statistical methods for distributional analysis\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrank Cowell and Emmanuel Flachaire\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Evidence\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e7. Long-run trends in the distribution of income and wealth\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel Waldenstrom and Jesper Roine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e8. Post-1970 trends in within-country inequality and poverty\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimothy Michael Smeeding, Jeffrey Thompson and Salvatore Morelli\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e9. Post-1970 trends in inequality and poverty in developing and emerging countries\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFacundo Alvaredo and Leonardo Gasparini\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e10. Income mobility\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarkus Jantti and Stephen Jenkins\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e11. The Global distribution of income\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSudhir Anand and Paul Segal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e12. Gender inequality\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDominique Meurs and Sophie Ponthieux\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e13. Experimental and survey evidence about attitudes to inequality\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Clark and Conchita d'Ambrosio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Distributive industries [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Distributive industries\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Distributive%20industries%20%5BKNP%5D%22\"\u003eKNP\u003c\/a\u003e], Banking [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Banking\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Banking%20%5BKFFK%5D%22\"\u003eKFFK\u003c\/a\u003e], Labour economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Labour economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Labour%20economics%20%5BKCF%5D%22\"\u003eKCF\u003c\/a\u003e], Population \u0026amp; demography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Population \u0026amp; demography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Population%20\u0026amp;%20demography%20%5BJHBD%5D%22\"\u003eJHBD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Freshly Printed Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46651502887192,"sku":"9780444594280","price":92.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780444594280_1740a0b5-75ba-4585-9552-ce56cbbf4141.jpg?v=1694987261"},{"product_id":"handbook-of-income-distribution-hardback-9780444816313","title":"Handbook of Income Distribution (Hardback) 9780444816313","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHandbook of Income Distribution\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnthony B. Atkinson (Edited by), F. Bourguignon (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780444816313, Elsevier Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 May 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e938 pages\u003cbr\u003e24 x 16.5 x 4.5 cm, 1.69 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA.B. Atkinson\u003cbr\u003e\"...Fourteen papers survey the state of the art with regard to the economics of income distribution to provide a basis for the next generation of research.\"\u003cb\u003e --Journal of Economic Literature, Statistical Papers, Vol. 43, No. 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDistributional issues may not have always been among the main concerns of the economic profession. Today, in the beginning of the 2000s, the position is different. During the last quarter of a century, economic growth proved to be unsteady and rather slow on average. The situation of those at the bottom ceased to improve regularly as in the preceding fast growth and full-employment period. Europe has seen prolonged unemployment and there has been widening wage dispersion in a number of OECD countries. Rising affluence in rich countries coexists, in a number of such countries, with the persistence of poverty. As a consequence, it is difficult nowadays to think of an issue ranking high in the public economic debate without some strong explicit distributive implications. Monetary policy, fiscal policy, taxes, monetary or trade union, privatisation, price and competition regulation, the future of the Welfare State are all issues which are now often perceived as conflictual because of their strong redistributive content.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEconomists have responded quickly to the renewed general interest in distribution, and the contents of this Handbook are very different from those which would have been included had it been written ten or twenty years ago. It has now become common to have income distribution variables playing a pivotal role in economic models. The recent interest in the relationship between growth and distribution is a good example of this. The surge of political economy in the contemporary literature is also a route by which distribution is coming to re-occupy the place it deserves. Within economics itself, the development of models of imperfect information and informational asymmetries have not only provided a means of resolving the puzzle as to why identical workers get paid different amounts, but have also caused reconsideration of the efficiency of market outcomes.  These models  indicate that there may not necessarily be an efficiency\/equity trade-off; it may be possible to make progress on both fronts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe introduction and subsequent 14 chapters of this Handbook cover in detail all these new developments, insisting at the same time on how they tie with the previous literature on income distribution. The overall perspective is intentionally broad. As with landscapes, adopting various points of view on a given issue may often be the only way of perceiving its essence or reality. Accordingly, income distribution issues in the various chapters of this volume are considered under their theoretical or their empirical side, under a normative or a positive angle, in connection with redistribution policy, in a micro or macro-economic context, in different institutional settings, at various point of space, in a historical or contemporaneous perspective. Specialized readers will go directly to the chapter dealing with the issue or using the approach they are interested in. For them, this Handbook will be a clear and sure reference.  To more patient readers who will go through various chapters of this volume, this Handbook should provide the multi-faceted view that seems necessary for a deep understanding of most issues in the field of distribution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more information on the Handbooks in Economics series, please see our home page on \u003csurl\u003ehttp:\/\/www.elsevier.nl\/locate\/hes\u003c\/surl\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction. Income distribution and Economics (A.B. Atkinson, F. Bourguignon). Social justice and distribution of income (A.K. Sen). Measurement of inequality (F.A. Cowell). Three centuries of inequality in Britain and America (P.H. Lindert). Historical perspectives on income distribution: The case of Europe (C. Morrisson). Empirical evidence on income inequality in industrialized countries (P. Gottschalk, T.M. Smeeding). Income poverty in advanced countries (M. J\u0026amp;auml\u003cbr\u003entti, S. Danziger). Theories of the distribution of earnings (D. Neal, S. Rosen). Theories of persistent inequality and intergenerational mobility (T. Piketty). Macroeconomics of distribution and growth (G. Bertola). Wealth inequality, wealth constraints and economic performance (P. Bardhan, S. Bowles and H. Gintis). The distribution of wealth (J.B. Davies, A.F. Shorrocks). Redistribution (R. Boadway, M. Keen). Income distribution and development (R. Kanbur). Income distribution, economic systems and transition (J. Flemming, J. 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The first volume deals with the supply of and demand for labour as well as problems of the wage structure; the second volume treats equilibrium, friction and institutional structures of the labour market.\" \u003cb\u003e--International Review of Social History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Handbook brings together a systematic review of the research topics, empirical findings, and methods that comprise modern labor economics. It serves as an introduction to what has been done in this field, while at the same time indicating possible future trends which will be important in both spheres of public and private decision-making. \u003cb\u003ePart 1\u003c\/b\u003e is concerned with the classic topics of labor supply and demand, the size and nature of the elasticities between the two, and their impact on the wage structure. This analysis touches on two fundamental questions: what are the sources of income inequality, and what are the disincentive effects of attempts to produce a more equal income distribution? The papers in \u003cb\u003ePart II\u003c\/b\u003e proceed from the common observation that the dissimilarity in worker skills and employer demands often tempers the outcomes that would be expected in frictionless labor markets. And the last     \u003cbr\u003esection of the Handbook deals explicitly with the role of institutional structures (e.g. trade unions) that now form an important part of modern labor economics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLabor Market Equilibrium and Friction.\u003c\/b\u003e The employment relationship: Job attachment, work effort, and the nature of contracts (D.O. Parsons). Job search and labor market analysis (D.T. Mortensen). 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Part I is concerned with the classic topics of labor supply and demand, the size and nature of the elasticities between the two, and their impact on the wage structure. This analysis touches on two fundamental questions: what are the sources of income inequality, and what are the disincentive effects of attempts to produce a more equal income distribution ? The papers in Part II proceed from the common observation that the dissimilarity in worker skills and employer demands often tempers the outcomes that would be expected in frictionless labor markets. And the last section of the Handbook deals explicitly with the role of institutional structures (e.g. trade unions) that now form an important part of modern labor economics. 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If you want to go beyond those and really learn about this complicated topic, this is the essential and most complete book to read. A gem.\" \u003cb\u003e--Alberto Alesina, Harvard University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In every academic discipline, fads come and fads go. But in economics the very core of our subject is the study of the distribution of income and well-being across the population. From this analysis stems all our best theories and our best empirical research. This Handbook distills that wisdom and presents the latest findings by those who happen to be giants in our discipline. 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